Tobi Amusan loses 100m hurdle world title; promises to do better next year

On Thursday, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan said she will come back stronger  next year following her defeat in the world women’s 100m hurdles crown to Jamaica’s Danielle Williams in Budapest.

She made her determination known in an interview with journalists after the game where she said, it was quite “a journey getting into the final” despite all she had gone through in the last couple of weeks.

“I Just want to say a huge thank you to those who have been supporting me through the ups and downs, Ya’ll stood by me, and kept praying for me, God Bless you all, I am sorry I might have let you all down, but we will come back stronger definitely.

“Yeah, it’s a tough one; nobody likes to lose but considering what I have gone through in the past couple of months, I’m so grateful that I came out,” she said.

Defending champion Tobi Amusan lost her world women’s 100m hurdles crown to Jamaica’s Danielle Williams on Thursday in a shock win at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Williams, the 30-year-old, who previously won in Beijing in 2015, timed 12.43 seconds to edge out Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico (12.44sec) with Kendra Harrison of the United States taking bronze (12.46).

Amusan and 2019 winner Nia Ali performed poorly, finishing sixth and last respectively.